Washtenaw County, Michigan

Founding: 1826 (declared in 1822)
Parent county: Wayne

Namesake: An Ojibwe word referencing the Grand River
Seat: Ann Arbor (1827–)

Land area: 706 square miles

Population (2020): 372,258

Population (historic): 4,042 (1830); 28,567 (1850); 41,434 (1870); 47,761 (1900); 65,530 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1900; 1910–2020

Subdivisions: Six cities; two villages; one CDP; 20 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 17,804 (11.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 74%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 22.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,928
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,718

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,550
Average farm size (1920): 89.8 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, Germany, Ireland, Canada, and England

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Ann Arbor

Namesake: Unclear—perhaps a poetic allusion to the area's forests

Founding: 1824 (platting); 1824 (post office); 1833 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 123,851

Population (historic): 5,097 (1860); 8,061 (1880); 14,509 (1900); 26,944 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–2000; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 8,080 (16%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Orrin White House (1836–1840). 2940 Fuller Road. Ann Arbor.
2. William Parker House (c. 1880). 4540 Geddes Road. Ann Arbor. Italianate.
3. Roswell Belding Farm (c. 1845). 13595 Clinton Road. Bridgewater. Greek Revival.
4. Amos Gray Farm (1834). 8540 Island Lake Road. Dexter. Greek Revival.
5. William Stevenson House (c. 1870). 14215 Riker Road. Dexter. Italianate.
6. Henry Watson House (1883). 7215 Ann Arbor–Saline Road. Lodi. Eastlake.
7. Giles Waters House (c. 1875). 3036 South Zeeb Road. Lori. Italianate.
8. John Moore House (c. 1845). 20624 Waterloo Road. Lyndon. Greek Revival.
9. Lyman Baldwin Farm (c. 1870). 10350 Sharon Hollow Road. Manchester. Italianate/Gothic Revival.
10. Thomas Clark House (c. 1875). 13860 Sheridan Road. Manchester. Italianate.
11. Joshua Leland House (c. 1850). 3850 North Territorial Road. Northfield. Greek Revival.
12. St. Patrick Catholic Church (1878). 5671 Whitmore Lake Road. Northfield. Gothic Revival.
13. St. Patrick Rectory (1917). 5671 Whitmore Lake Road. Northfield. Renaissance Revival.
14. Charles Schlimmer Farm (c. 1860). 7285 Whitmore Lake Road. Northfield. Greek Revival/Italianate.
15. John Ellsworth House (c. 1890). 5515 Crane Road. Pittsfield. Queen Anne.
16. George Sperry House (c. 1860). 3261 Lohr Road. Pittsfield. Gothic Revival.
17. Philip Lohr House (c. 1860). 4456 Lohr Road. Pittsfield. Italianate.
18. William Anderson House (1853). 2401 Packard Road. Pittsfield. Greek Revival.
19. Benajah Ticknor House (1844). 2781 Packard Road. Pittsfield. Greek Revival.
20. Langford Sutherland Farm (c. 1850). 797 West Textile Road. Pittsfield. Greek Revival.
21. Arba Hurd House (c. 1850). 1880 West Textile Road. Pittsfield. Greek Revival.
22. Salem Methodist Church (1864). 7150 Angle Road. Salem. Greek Revival.
23. Asahel Carey House (c. 1875). 9237 Brookville Road. Salem. Italianate.
24. George Renwick House (c. 1870). 6340 Curtis Road. Salem. Italianate.
25. Sylvester Sober House (c. 1885). 7533 Five Mile Road. Salem. Stick.
26. Albert Walker House (c. 1865). 7420 Six Mile Road. Salem. Italianate.
27. David Wadsworth House (c. 1850). 12118 Case Road. Saline. Greek Revival.
28. Rufus Knight House (c. 1845). 4944 Scio Church Road. Scio.
29. Salem Lutheran Church (1870). 7474 Scio Church Road. Scio. Gothic Revival.
30. Charles Hutzel Farm (1874). 7570 Scio Church Road. Scio. Italianate.
31. Squire Porter Farm (1842). 3427 Jacobs Road. Sharon. Greek Revival. Razed.
32. John Rooke House (c. 1875). 3385 Gotfredson Road. Superior. Italianate.
33. Aaron Douglass House (c. 1857). 6595 Plymouth–Ann Arbor Road. Superior. Greek Revival.
34. Philo Galpin Farm (c. 1840/1875). 6820 Plymouth–Ann Arbor Road. Superior. Federal/Italianate.
35. Frain's Lake School (1872). 7500 Plymouth–Ann Arbor Road. Superior.
36. Milton Geer Farm (1884). 8605 Plymouth–Ann Arbor Road. Superior. Italianate.
37. Esek Pray House (1839). 8755 Plymouth–Ann Arbor Road. Superior. Greek Revival.
38. Geer School (1880). 9981 Plymouth–Ann Arbor Road. Superior. Italianate.
39. William Davis Farm (c. 1875). 2650 Chelsea–Manchester Road. Sylvan. Italianate.
40. Gordon Hall / Samuel Dexter House (1844). 8347 Island Lake Road. Webster. Greek Revival.
41. Robert Snyder House (c. 1870). 3060 Jennings Road. Webster. Italianate.
42. Patrick Kearney Farm (c. 1860). 6500 Jennings Road. Webster. Greek Revival.
43. Brookwater / Edward Boyden Farm (c. 1860). 3300 Joy Road. Webster. Italianate.
44. Hiram Mason Farm (c. 1845). 9745 Scully Road. Webster. Greek Revival.
45. Evan Begole Farm (c. 1870). 2324 West Michigan Avenue. Ypsilanti. Italianate.

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